In Conversation with Brendan Kennelly Starting at 4:56, poet Brendan Kennelly discusses his poem Bread and refers to an “old Irish tradition” of the speaker and voice in the poem being anything other than the poet. The language of his words moves me, “I am everything except me.” What does that mean to you? I… Continue reading I am everything except me
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The only problem with Haiku
The only problem/ with Haiku is that you just/ get started and then Roger McGough
I See You Dancing, Father by Brendan Kennelly – Poetry
I See You Dancing, Father by Brendan Kennelly – Poetry
Clamoring to become visible
The pages are still blank, but there is a miraculous feeling of the words being there, written in invisible ink and clamoring to become visible. ~Vladimir Nabokov I had this feeling yesterday, I had started a poem months ago. Just a phrase. But when I love how words sound together I save it as a… Continue reading Clamoring to become visible